- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Monitor lizard skin.
- Geographical reference
- Gulf Province Kikori District Orokolo Bay
- Cultural groups
- Orokolo (Western Elema)
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1937
- Date collected
- 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Lizard Skin Reptile, Material Monitor Lizard Skin Reptile
- Dimensions
- Length: max 215 mm, Width: max 90 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.36.292 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 292
Search terms: Music, Specimen, Animalia, Musical Instrument, Animal Part
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